LUCILLE H. GARRETT(ABOVE)ANDJOHNEVERINGHAM
Southeast Asia's
other faces
"
HEY HAVE BEEN our silent
T allies for 14 years, yet
few Americans know any
thing about them," says Sen
ior Assistant Editor W. E.
Garrett of the Hmong moun
tain tribesmen of Laos.
To tell the story of these
fascinating people, Bill Gar
rett returned to Laos on his
eleventh Asian assignment
for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
He talked with Hmong lead
ers like Maj. Gen. Vang Pao
(above left), and visited
mountain villages (left) and
war-refugee
centers. His
story begins on page 78.
Another photo-report from
the infamous opium-growing
Golden Triangle of South
east Asia will soon show you
a unique culture in backcoun
try Burma-a people who
build their houses over a
lake, row with their legs, and
weave some of the world's
finest silk.
Bill Garrett brought two
things home from his Asian
journey: greater understand
ing, and malaria-one the
prize, the other the price.
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